Object Details
maker
unknown
Description
This is small, aluminum press, is dismantled and boxed, with accessories and an instruction booklet. The press was made in about 1940. The assembled press has a height of 11 inches a length of 14 inches and a width of 10.5 inches. Its box measures 13 inches high by 12.5 inches wide and 12.5 inches deep.
The little press was made for underground use in the Second World War; it came to the Museum under the name “X press.” There is no maker’s name on the press or its accessories, but the anonymous instruction booklet is printed on paper with the eagle watermark of the U.S. Government.
Donated by Lt. Col. Charles T. R. Bohannan, 1978.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1940
ID Number
GA.24879.01
catalog number
24879.01
accession number
1978.0522
Object Name
press, printing
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 11 in x 14 in x 10 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm
place made
United States
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Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1096349